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Jan. 5 , 1933.. .The City Manager discussed the report received from L . A . Wilson which handled the question. "Why Cedar City should refuse to renew the electric power franchise?" Jan. 12, 1933.. .William J. McConnell and Henry Houchen filed a petition with the Council and left. The petition, signed by various citizens, requested that Southern Utah Power Company not be granted a franchise. Mr. Reed Gardner. Ralph T. Smally, and R. J . Shay, representing the Southern Utah Power Company, met with the Council. Purpose: to discuss the renewal of the existing electric franchise. They said the Company would be crippled financially on a short time franchise. The feasibility of financing and building a Municipal Power Plant was also discussed a t some length. Tabled Jan. 18. 1933.. . A petition was filed by Edward H . P a r r y , with various citizens having signed, as supporting--= to grant Southern Utah Power Company a franchise. Also, t h a t the matter be put to the people to vote on. City Manager suggested a committee be appointed to investigate the electric power franchise and municipal power. Jan. 26, 1933. . .Purpose of meeting, to give petitioners the (Only u p to 20 privilege, pro or con. on power issue. minutes each) Dr. M. J. Macfarlane--"move slowly in regard to erecting a municipal plant." Mr. Oaks--desires a municipal plant.. .opposed to granting Power Company a franchise. He felt that the possibility of securing power from the Hoover Dam, on i t s completion, should be considered. Feb. 4 , 1933.. .Letters were read from various people in connection with establishing municipal power. The f i r s t , from A . G . Lunstrom. Mayor of Logan, Utah, compared the two cities as they had a municipal plant. It stated. "we are saving over $50,000 a y e a r , if compared to the rate charged by the Utah Power and Light Company, and the people that were opposed to this electric light plant are now 100% with the administration." He offered to spend all the time that a committee, s e n t to Logan to investigate their plant, would require to assist in such a big undertaking. "You will have lots of opposition by the Power Company: we have gone through the mill and know just their way of misrepresenting the facts from what they really a r e . " The second l e t t e r , from B . M . Thompson, Mayor of Hyrum, Utah, stated that Hyrum City has owned i t s own power plant for more than 30 years. In 1932 the plant earned $7,500 net. He offered any assistance a t any time. The t h i r d l e t t e r , from Fred P e t e r s , Mayor of Murray City, Utah, stated t h a t . "if it had not been for Murray City's power plant, we would have been s u n k , so f a r as our

Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City.

Jan. 5 , 1933.. .The City Manager discussed the report received from L . A . Wilson which handled the question. "Why Cedar City should refuse to renew the electric power franchise?" Jan. 12, 1933.. .William J. McConnell and Henry Houchen filed a petition with the Council and left. The petition, signed by various citizens, requested that Southern Utah Power Company not be granted a franchise. Mr. Reed Gardner. Ralph T. Smally, and R. J . Shay, representing the Southern Utah Power Company, met with the Council. Purpose: to discuss the renewal of the existing electric franchise. They said the Company would be crippled financially on a short time franchise. The feasibility of financing and building a Municipal Power Plant was also discussed a t some length. Tabled Jan. 18. 1933.. . A petition was filed by Edward H . P a r r y , with various citizens having signed, as supporting--= to grant Southern Utah Power Company a franchise. Also, t h a t the matter be put to the people to vote on. City Manager suggested a committee be appointed to investigate the electric power franchise and municipal power. Jan. 26, 1933. . .Purpose of meeting, to give petitioners the (Only u p to 20 privilege, pro or con. on power issue. minutes each) Dr. M. J. Macfarlane--"move slowly in regard to erecting a municipal plant." Mr. Oaks--desires a municipal plant.. .opposed to granting Power Company a franchise. He felt that the possibility of securing power from the Hoover Dam, on i t s completion, should be considered. Feb. 4 , 1933.. .Letters were read from various people in connection with establishing municipal power. The f i r s t , from A . G . Lunstrom. Mayor of Logan, Utah, compared the two cities as they had a municipal plant. It stated. "we are saving over $50,000 a y e a r , if compared to the rate charged by the Utah Power and Light Company, and the people that were opposed to this electric light plant are now 100% with the administration." He offered to spend all the time that a committee, s e n t to Logan to investigate their plant, would require to assist in such a big undertaking. "You will have lots of opposition by the Power Company: we have gone through the mill and know just their way of misrepresenting the facts from what they really a r e . " The second l e t t e r , from B . M . Thompson, Mayor of Hyrum, Utah, stated that Hyrum City has owned i t s own power plant for more than 30 years. In 1932 the plant earned $7,500 net. He offered any assistance a t any time. The t h i r d l e t t e r , from Fred P e t e r s , Mayor of Murray City, Utah, stated t h a t . "if it had not been for Murray City's power plant, we would have been s u n k , so f a r as our